Coming Soon: The Mistress of the House Has It Hard
Wei Qingying was born into the prestigious Wei clan of Jingzhao. She was beautiful and graceful, her eyes sparkling with charm.
In the first year of Xiyou, she entered the palace through the selection and soon became the most favored woman in the six palaces, the envy of all.
In the eyes of outsiders, she was well-read and courteous, with a gentle temperament, the very image of a refined young lady.
But Wei Qingying knew that much of it was a lie.
As an illegitimate daughter from a minor branch of a powerful aristocratic clan, she had been overlooked and mistreated since childhood.
Her family chose to send her into the palace for her flawless, jade-like beauty. From beginning to end, she was nothing but a pawn to them.
She rose from the low rank of Baolin to the honored position of one of the Four Consorts. Everyone envied her, but no one knew what it was like to make her way through this journey: only she knew its hardships.
She understood that she had to protect herself if she wanted to survive in this palace, where people devoured one another.
Content warnings:
1. Pure palace intrigue, with a somewhat slow pace.
2. The male lead has no other romantic partners; one-on-one romance.
3. The female lead is good at putting on an act, with a large cast of women in the harem.
Everyone has their own taste. If it's not for you, please don't complain.
Rank chart (a mishmash, don't take it too seriously)
Empress
First Rank: Imperial Noble Consort
Associate First Rank: Noble, Shu, De, and Xian Consorts
Second Rank: Consort
Associate Second Rank: Zhaoyi, Zhaorong, Zhaoyuan, Xiuyi, Xiurong, Xiuyuan, Chongyi, Chongrong, and Chongyuan
Third Rank: Noble Concubine
Associate Third Rank: Jieyu
Fourth Rank: Ronghua
Associate Fourth Rank: Chenghui
Fifth Rank: Concubine
Associate Fifth Rank: Talented Lady, Beautiful Lady, and Worthy Lady
Sixth Rank: Baolin
Associate Sixth Rank: Lingyi and Liyi
Seventh Rank: Selected Attendant
Associate Seventh Rank: Lady
Eighth Rank: Gathered Beauty
Associate Eighth Rank: Dressing Attendant
Next book: A Fine Daughter-in-Law Is Hard to Be, in my author collection
Blurb below~
Liang Huaining was a celebrated young lady from Huizhou, speaking in a soft, lilting Wu dialect.
She had always been gentle by nature. Before marriage, she was the apple of her parents' eye, with kind brothers and harmonious sisters.
But things went awry when it came to marriage.
Bound by a marriage contract made by their grandparents, she married into the Xie family, a prestigious aristocratic clan in Jingzhao. Before long, she saw that the whole family was a nest of devils, each with their own schemes.
From the Jiangnan countryside, where flowers and grasses flourished in spring, to Jingzhao, bustling with splendor and extravagance.
From a pampered young lady in her boudoir to the young mistress of a great household, Liang Huaining came to understand just how much her status had changed.
She looked at her reserved, inscrutable husband, her dignified and elegant mother-in-law, and her sisters-in-law with their hundred-and-eight schemes, and couldn't help letting out a quiet sigh.
Life might not be easy, but she still had to make the best of it.
Theme: To enjoy glory before others, you must endure hardship behind the scenes. Perseverance is victory.
Does the author have any extra stories about the heroine becoming the empress dowager after the emperor's death? Looking forward to it. I also want to watch the extra story about the heroine's son
Wflbb, isn't the heroine the heroine who was lucky enough to die a hundred and eighty times early, and every time she was about to be tricked before turning the tables, wouldn't she be on guard in advance? If you write a heroine who sees in advance or finds out that she is going to be attacked, and then turns around, I think she is smarter. . .
Reading this book made me uncomfortable. To be honest, I feel that the relationship between the emperor and the heroine is very blunt. From the very beginning when the two first met the emperor, they felt that "no one has ever said this to him" and felt that the emperor was suddenly moved. In the rest of the story, the same sentence was still used. In addition, the emperor made few appearances and had few scenes. The dialogue and interaction with the heroine were all skipped, so they were not given the opportunity to have a profound emotional change. There is no accumulation of previous emotions until the end of the story, which makes people feel very weak. It feels like the plot is forced to be completed in order to complete it. To be honest, even if the ratio of the emotional line to the plot line is adjusted because this is Gong Douwen, there is no need to change it beyond recognition, so that the emotions will not progress and the plot will not be rounded out. Speaking of the plot, I am quite speechless. For example, for the heroine's second child, the article uses the time method to skip the early stages of pregnancy, and also skips the so-called "wrestling fetal instability", allowing the heroine to hide the news of pregnancy from the harem and the emperor until four months later. However, the article keeps mentioning that the heroine's favor is not bad, which is funny. Could it be that she has not been in bed with her for almost three months (approximately) because of her favor? There are quite a few like this. I don't know the time of writing, so it may be that the author of this article wrote it early. The following Gongdou books are actually good, but this one is really only average to me. The above is my personal feeling. If you have different opinions, I don't understand but respect them.
I want to see how the heroine's son was made the prince
It is an ordinary article with an average plot and not very smooth connections. It is suitable for reading when you are very bored. The hypnotic effect is first-rate. The author's writing style is also quite average and not very attractive. He likes to use "of" and "" frequently in a paragraph, which makes people feel very wordy. I hope the author will continue to work hard, improve his writing skills, and conceive the plot well. Come on.
Will Concubine Yi become the queen?
This damn old woman probably wanted to take out the third princess's underwear and infect the eldest prince and the third prince, so as to eliminate the two princes at once, and then the second prince would win.
Qi Youli seems to have never appeared before
Even the concubine Xian could find out the complex network of relationships behind the palace people. The emperor must have reviewed many difficult cases when he was running the country, and he said he would personally interrogate them. When something went wrong in the palace, he only found out the surface every time. Doesn't it mean that the emperor controlled the harem? Is this the control method?
The heroine comes and goes with this trick. .